Biopolymers
With the end of the 20th century, biopolymers experienced a boom and have been growing continuously ever since. In 2019, they reached a global production capacity of about 10 million tons. Depending on the raw material and degradability, biobased and biodegradable plastics are distinguished. The largest representative of biopolymers on the market is polylactide (PLA), which is mainly used as packaging material. However, biopolymers are now also being used in other areas such as automotive, electronics and cosmetics. In this exciting development of sustainable materials, SKZ has been involved in various projects for many years and is your contact to develop sustainable solutions. In addition to the selection of suitable materials and the creation of suitable formulations, a wide range of process and processing equipment is available to you in our technical center for your material development. At SKZ, a wide range of analyses and processing options are available to you, including material analyses (rheological and thermal analyses), compounding behavior, extrudability and injection moldability, determination of suitable welding parameters, statements on bondability, surface pretreatment, additive manufacturing (FDM).
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